in a jiffy
Almost no wait
In a jiffy means very quickly or in a short moment: I'll be there in a jiffy, She fixed the problem in a jiffy.
The phrase suggests something will happen almost immediately, though the actual time is vague—anywhere from seconds to a few minutes.
Jiffy rarely appears outside this expression.
- lickety-splitExtremely fast, immediately
- lickety splitWith extreme haste
- prontoWithout any delay
- on the doubleImmediately and quickly
- blinkRapid lid movement
in the blink of an eye · in no time · trice · in two shakes · flash · split-second · speedily · snap · instant · moment · in a heartbeat · at once · tout de suite · heartbeat · tick · swiftly · posthaste · before you know it
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- Quick wordsinstant, swift, rapid, fast, speedy
- Speed Expressionsin a flash, quick as a flash, in no time, lickety-split, lickety split
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- soon synonymssoon, shortly, presently, momentarily, imminently
- urgencyurgent, urgently, emergency, ASAP, stat
temporal speed/duration
in a jiffyeventually
At a later time
slowly · in due time · at a snail's pace · in the long run · when pigs fly